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Datura innoxia— a potential commercial source of scopolamine

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The drug scopolamine is important, among other uses, as a pre-anesthetic in surgery and childbirth, in ophthalmology and in prevention of motion sickness. Datura Metel of Asia and Africa has been regarded as the best source of it, but a pharmacognostic study, reported here, indicates that D. innoxia of Latin America is a possible industrial source.

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Gerlach, G.H. Datura innoxia— a potential commercial source of scopolamine. Econ Bot 2, 436–454 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859498

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